When Derek Jeter and his fellow investors officially took ownership of the Miami Marlins, they wasted no time informing the world of their cost-cutting strategy. Jeter wouldn’t tolerate a franchise losing tons of dollars, all while failing to make the postseason even once in the past 14 years.
He decided to press the reset button. The Miami Herald’s Barry Jackson explains why that’s not necessarily a bad thing in the final installment of his “Project Wolverine” series.
Purging impact players from the major league roster also allowed Jeter to cleanse future payroll commitments.